He turned 4 recently and here are his milestones:
1) He can speak Malay and English well although his pronunciation is far from perfect, he's grammatically correct most of the time.
2) He is now learning to read. He can read short words like can, it, the, i, a, he, see, train.
3) He knows numbers up to 20.
4) Recently he got the Hijaiyah alphabets.
5) I think most importantly he's not afraid of school anymore.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Yaya, the 2 yo..
She turned 2 last june. Her milestones are:
1) She can string 2 words together, maybe even more.. eg: Nak cucu, citer mama (meaning i can change to my channel), Papa/abang tido, pi Tesco etc.
2) She can sing, in her own version, twinkle2 little star, old macdonald, baa baa black sheep.
3) She likes to dance.. if i say "macam mana ballerina?" she'll start posing and then twirl on one foot.
4) She's so affectionate.. always hug2 and kiss2.. If i pretend to cry when she's going somewhere without me, she'll come and hug me. She have this guilt look in her face for leaving me, which causes me to stop pretending and wave bye2 with a smiling face instead.
5)She makes sure that i read at bedtime, taking her favourite books and handing them to me.
1) She can string 2 words together, maybe even more.. eg: Nak cucu, citer mama (meaning i can change to my channel), Papa/abang tido, pi Tesco etc.
2) She can sing, in her own version, twinkle2 little star, old macdonald, baa baa black sheep.
3) She likes to dance.. if i say "macam mana ballerina?" she'll start posing and then twirl on one foot.
4) She's so affectionate.. always hug2 and kiss2.. If i pretend to cry when she's going somewhere without me, she'll come and hug me. She have this guilt look in her face for leaving me, which causes me to stop pretending and wave bye2 with a smiling face instead.
5)She makes sure that i read at bedtime, taking her favourite books and handing them to me.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Yaya's 1st Class..
Enrolled Yaya at Tweedle wink. Her class is at 2.30pm for one hour.. The class is good, and well i cant say more since it's just her first class. BUT.. big but here.. The class started with only her and another girl her age. 5 mins later, a boy joined in, he is quite a senior in the class.. ie, he's been there a while. He's so playful, taking cards from the teacher and the boxes himself.. So uncontrolled, aiih.. poor the mom, surely she's been putting up with him well God knows for how long he's been that hyper.
It's distracting Yaya from the ever so calming lesson. And Yaya, seeing him doing all sorts of actions, she also couldn't sit still. Without the distraction, i think Yaya would be more cooperative. I mean yes, the class is about teaching indirectly, but she could get a bit more if there isn't any excessive noise and unnecessary actions in her peripheral vision. I'm really hoping that we can change her to a different class, which depends entirely on her Papa's class schedules.
It's distracting Yaya from the ever so calming lesson. And Yaya, seeing him doing all sorts of actions, she also couldn't sit still. Without the distraction, i think Yaya would be more cooperative. I mean yes, the class is about teaching indirectly, but she could get a bit more if there isn't any excessive noise and unnecessary actions in her peripheral vision. I'm really hoping that we can change her to a different class, which depends entirely on her Papa's class schedules.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
GA and TWink
Visited the Genius Aulad at Bdr Puteri, Puchong. Alhamdulillah, the school is much2 more appealing to not just me, but Danish as well! Alhamdulillah.. i cannot express this enuff.. His fear for school has been making me very nervous. Saw him making himself at home the minute he stepped into the school was fantastic.
What i love from the school:
1) Everything is in English.. hmm.. this will be a setback when he starts real school, cos i myself expose him less of BM books. But he speaks BM just as well.
2) They teach Iqra' at school.. I don't have to look for Iqra' class.
3) They have lots of extra activities..
4) It's clean, it looks like real school (not in houses like C*IC, P*asti), air-conditioned, well decorated for kids' preference
* Of all that, i love #2 and #4 the most.
And Danish agrees to go to school next year there.. Hopefully this remains the same until January comes.
Then we came across Tweedle Wink, which is on the same row of shops. It's a Right Brain Enrichment programme. So we took a look and inquired everything we can about the programme. Its an hour weekly programme, and urrgghh.. i so love this one too. The setback has got to be the expensive fees.
Why i really want the right brain "teaching"?
Because, right brainer is supposed to have stronger long term memory than left brainer. I remember how i sufferred from exams when i was studying. My routine before any exams was to go through evrything once again, which inevitably caused me to breakdown once in a while. I'm hoping with right brain programme, my kids would have photographic memory and wouldn't have to struggle so much like their mama.
When i talk to my mom about right brain, she immediately talks about creativity. Right brain is not just about creativity, it's about having more sensitivity towards your surrounding. Right brain kids supposedly say "Television" immediately after you show them a card that writes "Television", rather than look at the word and spell each letter out and get them together and say "Television". That kind of thing.
For more info, go to Brillbaby.com
Now, i'm torn whether i should send Danish or Yaya to the Tweedle Wink. If i send yaya, i'll be accompanying her for the sessions. 4 years above go on their own. The younger the kids the more they use their right brain, as they get older their left brain starts taking over. The balance is important. Besides i think at home, Yaya is always overshadowed. Reading a book, it's more about abang learning to read. Even if Yaya's reading with me, sometimes abang would come and blurted out the name of things i'm pointing at.
Because of the excitement the place gives (they love this one as well yesterday), and all the opinions i get so far from others in the web, i think i would end up sending both, it's so not fair if i just send one of them. I think i just want both of them to experience it on their own. It's so much fun, this place!
What i love from the school:
1) Everything is in English.. hmm.. this will be a setback when he starts real school, cos i myself expose him less of BM books. But he speaks BM just as well.
2) They teach Iqra' at school.. I don't have to look for Iqra' class.
3) They have lots of extra activities..
4) It's clean, it looks like real school (not in houses like C*IC, P*asti), air-conditioned, well decorated for kids' preference
* Of all that, i love #2 and #4 the most.
And Danish agrees to go to school next year there.. Hopefully this remains the same until January comes.
Then we came across Tweedle Wink, which is on the same row of shops. It's a Right Brain Enrichment programme. So we took a look and inquired everything we can about the programme. Its an hour weekly programme, and urrgghh.. i so love this one too. The setback has got to be the expensive fees.
Why i really want the right brain "teaching"?
Because, right brainer is supposed to have stronger long term memory than left brainer. I remember how i sufferred from exams when i was studying. My routine before any exams was to go through evrything once again, which inevitably caused me to breakdown once in a while. I'm hoping with right brain programme, my kids would have photographic memory and wouldn't have to struggle so much like their mama.
When i talk to my mom about right brain, she immediately talks about creativity. Right brain is not just about creativity, it's about having more sensitivity towards your surrounding. Right brain kids supposedly say "Television" immediately after you show them a card that writes "Television", rather than look at the word and spell each letter out and get them together and say "Television". That kind of thing.
For more info, go to Brillbaby.com
Now, i'm torn whether i should send Danish or Yaya to the Tweedle Wink. If i send yaya, i'll be accompanying her for the sessions. 4 years above go on their own. The younger the kids the more they use their right brain, as they get older their left brain starts taking over. The balance is important. Besides i think at home, Yaya is always overshadowed. Reading a book, it's more about abang learning to read. Even if Yaya's reading with me, sometimes abang would come and blurted out the name of things i'm pointing at.
Because of the excitement the place gives (they love this one as well yesterday), and all the opinions i get so far from others in the web, i think i would end up sending both, it's so not fair if i just send one of them. I think i just want both of them to experience it on their own. It's so much fun, this place!
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